1. Wayne Clark Cisco Systems, Inc. wclark@cisco.com
Networking Challenges in Support of Grid Computing GGF16 – Athens, Greece 13 February 2006
Wayne Clark
Cisco Systems, Inc.

2. Current State of Networking
IP Network
HPC
Cluster
Routers
LAN switches
Firewalls
More …
Optical Network
OADM
OXC
DWDM transponders
More …

3. Model for Converged Network
Management
Plane
Control
Plane
Transport
Plane
Key Technology Component: GMPLS

4. Globus Toolkit (example)
Grid Reference Model
Grid Applications
Physics Apps
Astronomy Apps …
Grid Middleware
Globus Toolkit (example)
Grid Resources
Storage
Sensors
Network
CPU
Data

5. Model for Converged Grid and Network Control Plane
Grid Applications
Grid Middleware
Grid Network Services
Grid-Enabled
Network Control Plane
Transport
Plane
Control

6. Today’s Drivers of Network Services
Managed Service Networks
Telecommunications
Service Providers
Enterprises
User-Controlled Networks
UCLP
DRAC

7. Current Initiatives in Grid Networking
Infrastructure Driven
Application Driven
NLR, HOPI (US)
UCLP, DRAC (Canada, Europe)
GEANT2 (Europe)
NICT (Japan)
Enlightened Computing (US)
CHEETAH (US)
DRAGON (US)
LUCIFER (Europe)
G-Lambda (Japan)